| JavaScript is essential for creating modern, interactive Web
sites. But, unlike HTML and CSS, JavaScript is a true
programming language with complex rules that are challenging
for most Web designers to learn. In JavaScript: The Missing
Manual, bestselling author David McFarland teaches you how
to use JavaScript in sophisticated ways -- even if you have
little or no programming experience.
In a clear, entertaining way, the book starts out by
teaching you how to build a basic JavaScript program. Then,
once you've mastered the structure and terminology, you'll
learn how to use advanced JavaScript tools to add useful
interactivity to your sites quickly and painlessly, rather
than scripting everything from scratch.
To jump-start your progress, the book offers several "living
examples" -- step-by-step tutorials for building Web site
components with JavaScript using raw materials, such as
graphics and half-completed Web pages, that you can download
from the book's companion Web site.
In this book, you will learn:
How to get started. The book introduces the building blocks
of JavaScript, and general tips on computer programming.
Learn to add scripts to a Web page; store and manipulate
information; communicate with the browser window; respond to
events like mouse clicks and form submissions; and identify
and modify HTML.
How to build Web Page Features. McFarland provides
real-world examples of JavaScript in action. Learn to create
pop-up navigation bars, enhance HTML tables, build an
interactive photo gallery, and make Web forms more usable.
Create interesting user interfaces with tabbed panels,
accordion panels and pop-up dialog boxes.
How to troubleshoot and debug. The book will teach you how
to avoid the ten most common errors new programmers make,
and how to find and fix bugs.
How to communicate with the Web server. In addition to basic
JavaScript, this manual covers Ajax, the approach that made
JavaScript glamorous. Learn to use JavaScript to communicate
with a server so that your Web pages can receive information
without having to reload.
If you want to put JavaScript to work right away without
getting tangled up in code, JavaScript: The Missing Manual
is the best book available.
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